"It was really about people who haven't needed to step up really
needing to today, and I thought they did that," said Head Coach
Amanda O'Leary. "Obviously, Nicole Graziano did a great job. It was
fun to see Nora play on the attacking end and only on the attacking
end, but defensively I thought we played really well. I thought
Mikey Meagher (Liverpool, N.Y.) came up with some big ground balls
in the first half to get us jump started in transition. I'm just
really pleased overall."

Nicole Graziano led the team with a career-high six goals and
seven points and notched two ground balls and a team-best four draw
controls. ALC Rookie of the Week Nora Barry scored five goals, four
ground balls and two draw controls, and fellow-freshman Taylor
McCord had a personal-best four goals and an assist.Gabi Wiegand
(Bay Shore, N.Y.) also had five points, scoring three goals and two
assists.

Ashley Bruns (Ellicott City, Md.) became the first Gator in
school history to record 200 career points on a goal late in the
first half, and finished the night with three goals and an assist.
Caroline Chesterman (South Nyack, N.Y.) hit the century mark in
points tonight, ending with a goal and a team-leading three
assists.

In addition to the usual suspects, defenders Jamie Reeg
(Atlantis, Fla.), Sam Farrell (Millersville, Md.) andKayla Stolins
(Glen Arm, Md.) all found the back of the net in the game, and Reeg
also added the final assist of the night.

"It was very exciting!" Farrell said after scoring her first
goal since 2010. "I played midfield in high school and freshman
year, so I had a few goals freshman year. I hadn't had any shots
until this game, so it was exciting."

Erin Graziano (Mendham, N.J.) and Krista Grabher (Vero Beach,
Fla.) scored the remaining two goals, and Grabher also put up two
assists.

"I think it was definitely a huge team effort," Nicole Graziano
said. "Twenty-nine goals wasn't all the offense. Sam got a goal,
Kayla got a goal, and it was a total team effort. Having people who
don't normally score, score, setting a school record of 29 goals
doesn't happen every day. It was great team effort."

On the defensive end, Emily Dohony (Parkton, Md.) and Nora Barry
led the team with four ground balls, andHaydon Judge (Chestertown,
Md.) and Mikey Meagher each had three. In addition to Graziano's
four draw controls, Reeg, Stolins and Grabher each had three.
Meagher also caused a team-best three turnovers.

In the goal cage, Meagher and Canington each played a full
shutout period, with Meagher making one save in the first half and
Canington stopping two shots in the second.

"It was awesome," Farrell said of earning a shutout. "We've
never done that before, so it was really exciting. Our goalies
played awesome. They saved a lot of crucial shots, and even some
attackers were down on defense. It was good giving them an
opportunity to play, and they did really well too."

The Gators set several team records in the game, earning the
most goals (29), most assists (12) most points (41), most draw
controls (24) and tied their record for shots, outshooting the
Bulldogs, 44-5. Florida was perfect through the midfield, going
12-for-12 on clears, and caused eight of the Bulldogs' 16
turnovers, while losing the ball just seven times. The Gators also
committed the fewest fouls ever, making just five.

UF tied its record with 17 points in the first half, then tied
its second-half record with another 12. Florida scored the first 10
goals in the first 10 minutes, including three goals in the fifth
minute of the game.

"That's really cool," said O'Leary. "We had talked about
(getting a shutout) game upon game, when was it going to happen,
and I thought it was so perfect tonight because Kayla I thought did
a great job, Sam, Jamie, Haydon. Emily is always so competitive on
that defensive end and having Sally Jentis (Ridgewood, N.Y.) jump
in there as a new person and Mikki Offit (Bethesda, Md.). They
moved into those positions flawlessly. I thought overall
defensively it was one of our better efforts."

The Gators hope to continue their seven-game winning streak into
their next game, a conference matchup, on Sunday afternoon. Florida
will take on No. 10 Penn State in ALC play at Dizney Stadium
beginning at 1 p.m.